"Amid such injustice, there cannot be peace," Amfilohije said in an interview late on Thursday at his headquarters in the Monastery of Cetinje in Montenegro. "It will be the root of future conflict, that is as clear as the day."

ETINJE, Montenegro - War is inevitable again one day in the Balkans because of the conditions faced by the Serb minority in Kosovo, the acting head of the Serbian Orthodox Church said.

Metropolitan Amfilohije Radovic’s comments contrasted with the views of many political leaders who say the wars fought in the region in the 1990s are unlikely to be reignited as the former Yugoslav republics seek European Union membership.